Casing for coin banks



J.B|NGALLS CASING FOR COIN BANKS Aug. 24 1926.

Original Filed Feb. 23, 1923 gvvownfoz Patented Aug. 24, 1926 i UNITEDSTATES 1,597,275 PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH BAKER INGALLS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

CASING FOR COIN BANKS.

ori inal application and February 2a, 1923, Serial No. 620,819. Divided and Serial No. 31,437.

This invention is a casing for coin banks, the present application being a division of an application filed by me February 23, 192$,Serial No. 620,819.,

The object of thepresent invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive casing for the operating mechanism which will eifectually enclose the mechanism and will be free of visible securing devices but may be readily released to permit withdrawal of the coins after the predetermined number has been deposited.

In the drawings? Figure 1 is a perspective view of the closed bank,

Figs. 2, 3 and 1 are perspective views of different members of the casing, and

Fig. 5 is a detail section on the line 5-5 of Fig. 1. p

In carrying out my invention, I employ an outer or back casing member consisting of a plate 1 having a flange or rim 2 across one end and side rims 3 along its sides extending from the rim 2 the end of the plate opposite the end having the rim 2 being free of all rims or projections and all the rims being constructed with overhanging inwardly projecting flanges 4:. This member of the casing may be stamped from sheetmetal of proper gage and will obviously be capable of very economical and rapid production. In the rim 2 are formed slots 5 and 6 for a purpose which will presently appear and at any convenient point in the back plate 1 is a threaded opening 7. The casing also includes an intermediate member shown in Fig. 8 and comprising a back plate 8 having an opening 9 therethrough adapted to register with the opening 7 in the plate 1. Rims or walls 9 rise from the side edges of this plate but terminate short of the lower end thereof, the said walls or rims 9 being connected by a transverse rim or wall 10 at one end of the plate, which rim or wall 10 is constructed with slots 11 and 12 adapted to register with the slots 5 and 6, as will presently appear. A front plate .13 is secured upon the edges of the rims or walls 9 and 10 by suitable screws, indicated at 14, inserted through the said front plate and engaging bosses on the plate 8 in a well-known manner. The front plate 13 is provided with openings 15 to receive the ends of the hubs or shafts ofcounting wheels, and sight openings 16 are also this application filed May provided in which the operating mechanism will be housed. The cover or face plate 18 18 a fiat plate of rectangular outline and of the same area as the intermediate member otthe casmg and said plate 18 is adapted to extend over the said intermediate member so asto cover the entire front of the same. The sald face plate 18 is provided at its lower end with a rim 19 upon which is an external knob or projection 20 to facilitate the re moval of the cover when the bank has been filled, and at the sides of the said face plate are flanges or rim members 21 which are adapted to abut the lower ends of the rims 9 of the intermediate member of the casing so as to lie flush therewith and, in effect, form continuations of the same. The rim or flange member 21 which lies against the extended portion 22 of the face plate 13 is provided with an opening 23 therein which is adapted to be engaged by the lower end of a latch or looking lever 25 housed within the intermediate member of the casing and adapted to be actuated by the counting devices. In actual practice, the counting wheels are provided with elements adapted to act upon the latch whereby, when the first coin is inserted, the latch will be moved into locking position and when the last coin of the predetermined number is inserted the latch will be actuated to be withdrawn from the locking position and the cover member 18 may then be withdrawn from the casing so that the coins may be removed. The actuationof the latch by the counting devices in the manner described forms no part of my present invention and the arrange ment by which it is effected has not, therefore, been illustrated. It may sometimes be desired to require the banks to be brought to a certain bank or other place of deposit in order to be opened and in order that it may be used for this purpose the latch will be free of the counting or registering devices and will be released by a key maintained in the custody of some one at the central place of deposit. To permit such use'of the device,

' keyholes 27 will be provided in the back plate and the intermediate member of the casin as indicated, and thekey, indicated at 29, will, of course, be keptby the custodian.

coins are removed by merely pulling. the outer or front member of the casing from its positionover the lntern'iedlate member of the casing, whereupon the open end or" the casing intermediate and front members of the casing-may be easily inserted Without 01ndinggtheengagement will be sutficien'tlytight' to prevent accidental withdrawal unless the latchbe released, and a single screw inserted through the opening 9 of the back plate of the intermediate memberof the casing into the opening 7 the backplate 1 will securely hold the parts together. Having thus described the invention,

claim; i Vhen the latch has been released, the' A coin bank including a casing consisting of a back member having one open end and provided With upstanding rim sections having overhanging flanges, an intermediate member having rim elements around part of its edge portion, said intermediate member being secnred within the back member and housing the operating mechanism, and a front member covering the intermediate member and fitting under the overhanging flanges of the back member and siidahle portions atone end abutting and lying-hash with the rim portions of the intermediate member, and means housed within the intermediate member for locking the front memher in place. A

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature. JOSEPH BAKER INGALLS; [Lie-.1

therefrom, said front members having rim 

